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Dowsing: Fact or Fiction?
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Reading comprehension, critical thinking and vocabulary from the article "Dowsing; Fact or Fiction?
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In those days, doswsing was used to find
precious
metals.
worthless
beautiful
valuable
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Which statement best expresses the main idea of the selection
Dowsing seems to be a combination of art, skill, and luck
Dowsing is a good way to find hidden objects
Dowsers use a forked stick that trembles over water
3
Which of the following is a statement of opinion rather than fact?
In 1995, Hans-Dieter Betz wrote a report on dowsing
The dowsers knowledge helps him find the water, not sticks
Dowsing goes back to at least the 16th century.
4
From where did the first written account of dowsing come?
Germany
Asia
United States
5
When the water company men saw the dowser Ray Burbank hired, they
laughed at him
made him leave the land
asked him for help
6
Which of the following is the best description of dowsing?
a practice that has a pretty good record of success
a reliable method of finding things underground
an ancient, mysterious practice not to be taken seriously
7
When the forked stick is held over a burried object, the stick
jumps out of the dowser's hand
becomes hot
bends down toward the ground
8
In 1995, Betz wrote a report stating that good dowsers can
detect
water below the ground.
follow
make use of
discover
9
A dowswer's stick might suddenly bend downward because of
magnetic force
mysterious waves
underground pipes
10
Some scientists bvelieve that dowsers' success is due to
luck
expert training
hard work
11
Dowsing was first used to find
water
precious metals
burried treasure
12
Dowsers
claim
they can find water and other things hidden underground.
deny
say something strongly
believe
13
He has picked
sites
for hundreds of wells.
locations
underground pipes
workers
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Dowsers find things underground by
listening to the sound a forked stick makes
walking over ground with a forked stick
closing their eyes and thinking hard
15
Most scientists are convinced that
dowsing does not really work
they can learn much from good dowsers
good dowsers can detect water below ground
16
Which of the following best summarizes this selection?
Dowsing locates water underground
Dowsing, anancient practice, uses a forkedstick tofind thing
Dowsing dates back to 16th century Germany
17
The author's main purpose was to
instruct you how to dowse
entertain you with explanations of an unusual practice
inform you about dowsing
18
One of the very best dowsers is
Ray Burbank
Hans Schroter
Hans-Dieter Betz
19
Which of the following items does not fit with the other two?
rod
forked stick
water pipe
20
Suddenly the stick or rod will
tremble
in the dowser's hand.
twist
remain steady
shake
21
Others have another
theory
.
plan
explanation
hidden object
22
Only 27 of these sites have failed to
yield
water.
spray
hold back
produce
23
Based on the selection, you can conclude that
scientists don't allow dowers to exist
dowsing is an option that can be done with cheap tools
Most dowsers have studied rocks and earth in college
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So far, though, most scientists are not
convinced
.
sure
doubtful
interested
